Soulborns- Anyone Use this Class? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Soulborns- Anyone Use this Class? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
MerrikCale
09-06-07, 08:24 PM Just curious. I found the recent piece on Class Chronicles particular interesting. I don't have Magic of Incarnum and was curious if anybody liked it, especially the Soulborn.

Realizing, of course, the idea has about an 8 month self-life with 4e coming out soon.
MerrikCale
09-08-07, 09:04 PM you guys have nothing?
Thinblade
09-08-07, 11:11 PM I've made it available, but only to azurins, and I've declared that there are only between 10 and 20 of them on the whole planet at the same time, depending on how quickly they get themselves killed. I want to be flexible enough to allow my players to use the Incarnum stuff, but I don't want to change existing lore to make them fit. Giving it only to a tiny race does that. I have a couple of other ideas for racial backstory, but none of my players have picked up the class, so I haven't used any of it yet.
Dark Wizard
09-08-07, 11:12 PM Totemists seem more interesting. Somehow the alignment aspect of the Soulborn and the Incarnate fail to gain traction in my mind like the Paladin.
Mula
09-10-07, 12:54 AM Incarnates especially lack in good flavor, I think. I actually played a moon elf incarnate, briefly. I tied incarnum to the clergy of Angharradh; incarnates were a small sect of mystics belonging to the priesthood that focused on this little known soul magic, or "incarnum". I chose Angharradh because she is the deity of fertility and birth and thus was the closest to the concept of soul magic in the Seldarine (the party was all elven so I had to choose from them only). The incarnates (or just "mystics") paid special homage to Sehanine because of her mysticism type stuff. It was fun playing him, if only for a short while. :)
Thinblade
09-10-07, 11:19 AM I actually think exactly the opposite: I don't care for totemists at all and like incarnates a lot. It's one of the very few instances of me liking a mechanic more than the story associated with it. If a player of mine wants to play one we'll probably sit down and hash out a backstory that we like better than the one provided.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
MerrikCale 09-06-07, 08:24 PM	Just curious. I found the recent piece on Class Chronicles particular interesting. I don't have Magic of Incarnum and was curious if anybody liked it, especially the Soulborn. Realizing, of course, the idea has about an 8 month self-life with 4e coming out soon.
MerrikCale 09-08-07, 09:04 PM	you guys have nothing?
Thinblade 09-08-07, 11:11 PM	I've made it available, but only to azurins, and I've declared that there are only between 10 and 20 of them on the whole planet at the same time, depending on how quickly they get themselves killed. I want to be flexible enough to allow my players to use the Incarnum stuff, but I don't want to change existing lore to make them fit. Giving it only to a tiny race does that. I have a couple of other ideas for racial backstory, but none of my players have picked up the class, so I haven't used any of it yet.
Dark Wizard 09-08-07, 11:12 PM	Totemists seem more interesting. Somehow the alignment aspect of the Soulborn and the Incarnate fail to gain traction in my mind like the Paladin.
Mula 09-10-07, 12:54 AM	Incarnates especially lack in good flavor, I think. I actually played a moon elf incarnate, briefly. I tied incarnum to the clergy of Angharradh; incarnates were a small sect of mystics belonging to the priesthood that focused on this little known soul magic, or "incarnum". I chose Angharradh because she is the deity of fertility and birth and thus was the closest to the concept of soul magic in the Seldarine (the party was all elven so I had to choose from them only). The incarnates (or just "mystics") paid special homage to Sehanine because of her mysticism type stuff. It was fun playing him, if only for a short while. :)
Thinblade 09-10-07, 11:19 AM	I actually think exactly the opposite: I don't care for totemists at all and like incarnates a lot. It's one of the very few instances of me liking a mechanic more than the story associated with it. If a player of mine wants to play one we'll probably sit down and hash out a backstory that we like better than the one provided.